Portrait of George Stokes (1819-1903)

Title
Portrait of George Stokes (1819-1903)
Collection
Caltech Images Collection
Series
Fine Art Photographs
Identifier
FA-PR-0008
Extents
1 photographs
Abstract
Reproduction of a stipple and line-engraved portrait of Irish mathematician and physicist Sir George Gabriel Stokes; done by engraver Charles Henry Jeens (1827-1879) whose signature also appears on portrait. Stokes was one of the most influential scientists of the era, was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University and Secretary of the Royal Society. His most famous work was in the field of fluid mechanics.
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